"We finally have all of the weapons from the storage room packed up!" Anton happily announced to the rest of the crew as they discussed the day's events.

"Congratulations," Vanessa said, though without much enthusiasm.

"Find another load of those memory sticks?" Brody smirked.

"Nope. We were up on the bridge trying to see what the panels did when we powered them up," Vanessa blandly stated. "We found the alien home worlds too. We were hoping to have Emily check out what we found to see if we can identify the star."

"Are you serious?" Anton asked breathlessly.

"Yep. We had turned the power on before, but with Lena's help we got what we think is the radar to work, and it has the same rewind feature as the tablets. We rewound all the way to the beginning of their journey," she explained.

Pepper loved watching Vanessa command the room. It had stung the last few days with the spotlight on the weapons, and now Vanessa was finally able to bring the focus back onto the important aspects of the mission. The location of the alien home worlds could be a huge find for humanity, if they were able to establish friendly relations.

"It also showed a graphical depiction of the battle here," Lena added. "That large ship out there was definitely the attacker, and it used to be much larger. You'll have to see it to believe it."

"Well, I think we can all agree that tomorrow we're going to go check out the bridge!" Anton announced with glee, receiving a round of cheers in return.

After the debrief, Lena joined Vanessa and Pepper in their room, and they all took out the memory sticks they had collected from the computer, 18 in all. "I really want to check these out!" Pepper grinned.

"I know, but I think it would be better if we only had one of each type appear, and then only on the way home," Vanessa cautioned her.

"If you're worried about them destroying information, that is the safest bet," agreed Lena. "There would be no way to go back and destroy anything once we're on the way back. Assuming nobody finds the data transfer like we did, then that information is safe."

"And even if they destroy it, we have the backups," Vanessa confirmed.

Pepper looked sad at that but understood the caution. As much as she'd like to sneak a peek at the holographs on the sticks, if anyone popped into their bunk like they had been the last few days, they'd have no way to explain it. Besides, she and Vanessa had been worried about this very thing the whole trip, so she just had to be patient now that they had the information. "After tomorrow we should avoid the bridge. Let them play around up there. As much as I want to see what else is up there, I don't know that I could avoid giving anything away."

"I won't even be able to go back," Sulked Lena. "With Emily going, I'll have to stay here with Xavier. Odds are that today was my last trip over there for a while."

"I'm sorry Lena," Vanessa said while placing her hand on Lena's shoulder in support. "But if it helps, you helped with what could end up being one of the biggest discoveries in our history."

"Holy fuck, yeah! I didn't even look at it that way!" Lena cried out happily. "Now if you excuse me, I need to go celebrate that with Miles. Here, hide these!" She handed over the six memory sticks that she had in her pouch to Lena, and then quickly left the bunk room to head towards her own.

Vanessa pulled out the lock box that Lena had given them out from her bunk drawer and opened it up. "We'll have to take a few things out to make room," she muttered.

Pepper looked into the box with her, blushing at the sight and trying to decide which of them she'd like to try out. Before long she realized the answer was all of them, as long as it was with Nessa. She picked up several that looked like they could be fun, along with the cleaner and lube, and pulled them out. "Think they'll fit now?"

Vanessa smirked as she saw the way Pepper was holding the toys she had selected, then looked back into the box. "Yeah, we should be fine now."

"Good, then lock those bad boys up!" Pepper commanded with a grin. "Have to keep Lena's toys safe!"

"Why do I have the feeling that you're thinking of more than keeping them safe?" Vanessa asked, her voice dropping down to a husky whisper while taking Pepper by the hand.

Pepper immediately held her hand over her heart in mock indignation. "I can't believe you'd suggest such a thing! I'm pure as the driven snow, and not thinking about how to make you scream my name at all."

"Oh? That's too bad. I was kind of hoping to be screaming it quite a bit tonight." Vanessa wasn't helping as she threw her lips into a pout while winking over at Pepper.

"Well, I mean I can't let you down if that's what you really want." Pepper lunged across the room and tackled Nessa, pulling her into the air in a tangled embrace. Within moments, their momentum had pushed them onto the outer bulkhead of the compartment, and Pepper grabbed a handhold on the wall to pin Vanessa in place. "Now I have you."

Nessa saw the glint in Pepper's eye and could feel her body responding. Considering that Pepper was still a novice at all of this, she had really started to take control, and Vanessa loved it. Pepper lightly kissed her neck, then up her jaw before letting their lips dance over each other. Nessa hung limply in the air, letting it all happen, wondering what was next.

"Nessa," Pepper whispered harshly. "Is your father going to freak out if I leave a ton of hickeys all over you?"

"Does it matter?"

Pepper only hummed in response before attaching her lips back onto Nessa's neck and nipping at her skin, before turning it into sucking and licking. Vanessa leaned her head to the side, letting Pepper have access to as much of her neck as she liked, and before long there was a trail of marks heading down from her neck and over her collarbone. Clothes started to scatter, only to hang in midair like a little planetary ring around the two women as Pepper latched on to the nipples of her trapped companion.

"Oh, shit Pepper!" Nessa groaned as the warm mouth engulfed her. Every time they were together, they learned more and more about what drove the other insane. When Pepper's teeth tugged lightly at her, Vanessa knew she had remembered that it drove her wild. She pulled Pepper's head back into her breast, hoping she wouldn't leave it too soon. She wanted more, but she enjoyed savoring the lead up too. As Pepper's other hand snaked onto her free breast, cupping and exploring, she could tell that Pepper was in a mood to go slowly too. They didn't need to rush anything.

A hissing at their hatch proved them wrong though. Brody took a step in, then stopped, mouth agape at the view in front of him until his mouth turned up in a smirk. "Hey there girls."

"Get the fuck out!" They yelled in a chorus. Pepper hurriedly grabbed a random floating shirt to hold over Nessa's chest, before finding another for herself.

"But this looks fun! Can I join in?"

Pepper's blood boiled in anger, and she pushed over to the intercom panel on the wall. Quickly pressing the call button, she spoke into the speaker. "I need medical help in my bunk room please! Brody seems to have had his penis forcibly removed!"

Brody just stood in shock after hearing the announcement echo throughout the ship, and then just stood there as Pepper launched herself off the wall with her legs, right at him. His magnetic boots didn't let him go too fast, and he didn't understand just how serious she was until her hand gripped him between the legs.

Miles could hear the scream at the other end of the ship, it wasn't pleasant. But he moved quickly towards the injured Brody, now floating in midair outside of the last bunk room. Pepper had been nice, and left it attached, but Miles was pretty sure that Brody would be bruised down there for quite a while. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

Inside the bunk room, Nessa lay back in the bunk with Pepper, just holding her as Pepper tried to control her breathing. "It's okay Honey, we're fine. Don't let him get to you."

"I really wanted to kill him for looking at you like that." Pepper growled. She didn't understand these emotions at all, she'd never had a reason to be jealous before, and it was overwhelming her. Why couldn't he just let them enjoy themselves?

"Hey, I don't think he's going to be looking at us like that again. I already had a talk with my father, but now I think it needs to go public. This shit needs to stop."

"I'm sorry our night was ruined," Pepper grumbled, a few scattered tears leaking from the corners of her eyes.

"I don't know about ruined. I'm right here holding an amazing woman in my arms, and I know I'm going to wake up to her as well. Hard to beat that." Nessa pointed out.

"That does sound a little better."

"But next time, we rip that thing right off him," Nessa promised.